# Accident 20040821021079A: Piper PA24250, Sterling, CO, August 21, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 2004, 19:45 local time
- Place: Sterling, CO
- Airport: Crosson Field Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6190° N, 103.1909° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6190&lon=-103.1909&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5975P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5975P-2007-08-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1A5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 180 total, 32 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN04LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04LA129) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040821021079A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) THE PILOT STATED ON APPROACH THE GEAR WOULD NOT COME DOWN, HE RESET HTE BREAKER SEVERAL TIMES AND RECYCLED THE GEAR HANDLE A NUMBER OF TIMES WITHOUT SUCCESS. HE THEN LOWERED THE GEAR BY HAND, GOT THE DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION AND LANDED NORMAL. THE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN04LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04LA129), Aug 22, 2004: Piper PA-24-250 (N5975P), Sterling, CO, destroyed. Probable cause: the failure of the landing gear extension system for undetermined reasons.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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